There's a new patch and an 8 unit DLC for Shogun Total War available. Can't wait to see the arguments here as to wether it's worth $3.25. Just missed the steam summer sale too. Some of the units look like they have bells over their heads. I thought the balloons were bad enough. http://www.twcenter.net/
Still doesn't fix the crash with Radeon HD 7XXX series cards though.
Quote from: Sir Slash on July 26, 2012, 09:42:08 PM
Just missed the steam summer sale too. Some of the units look like they have bells over their heads. I thought the balloons were bad enough. http://www.twcenter.net/
The crazy things that the Japanese wear into battle. They call the stuff worn at their backs sashimono.
http://forums.samurai-archives.com/viewtopic.php?t=1638
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 26, 2012, 09:53:22 PM
Still doesn't fix the crash with Radeon HD 7XXX series cards though.
They're too busy making DLC.
And I've found that once they've released a TW game, patched it a few times, then that's it... no more updates. Maybe they'll prove me wrong with S2TW and fix this crashing issue, but I wouldn't bet on it.
I thought they were some kind of elite Ding-Dong Samurai.
Well, if you are going to be a Ding Dong Samurai, you darn well better be elite. Otherwise all the other samurai are going to point and laugh. Even the Balloon Head Samurai.
^LOL!
Sometimes I think Meadbelly channels the ghost of Hunter S Thompson's odd wit while filtering out the matching inherent meanness.
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 27, 2012, 06:46:20 PM
^LOL!
Sometimes I think Meadbelly channels the ghost of Hunter S Thompson's odd wit while filtering out the matching inherent meanness.
But with or without the heavy use of drugs? ;D
Quote from: Sir Slash on July 27, 2012, 11:04:16 AM
I thought they were some kind of elite Ding-Dong Samurai.
Do they squish between your fingers quite easily, too?
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa1%2FDing_dongs.jpg%2F220px-Ding_dongs.jpg&hash=65db53dea1991d055b603c566bf88476ca6fdb41)
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 26, 2012, 09:53:22 PM
Still doesn't fix the crash with Radeon HD 7XXX series cards though.
A pity, but not surprising (sadly).
Still, I wonder why this hasn't been fixed, given it's supposed to be the game's "flagship" card.
Yeah. Definitely feels like it's a low priority issue to CA. There are a few tech guys that occasionally respond on the official forum, but it's mostly to ask for more DxDiag files and encourage the users to email them with "additional info". One poster went through everyone's posts and seems to have isolated the issue.
There appears to be a strong possibility that Radeon 7XXX series cards can only run the post FOTS release of Shogun 2 on PCs with a CPU using socket 1155 config. Those with 1156, 1366, or 2011 can't get it to run in DX11. The poster emailed CA with these findings and all they did was forward it on to ATI. Obviously it's a problem with the FOTS code as the game ran on all socket configs prior to the FOTS release.
Oh well, as I was typing this, I see that they've posted a new update saying that S2 games that appear "modified" (even if no mods have ever been installed) won't run. They've posted a fix (that'll wipe all your save games) but I'm at work and won't get to test it for another 12 hours. Hope it actually works.
And everyone's reporting that it doesn't work. (and they've deleted the "fix" from the AMd 7XXX series lockup thread and moved it to it's own thread as a generic fix).
Despite the scary stuff posted above...I am getting the new DLC.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 28, 2012, 10:43:37 AM
Yeah. Definitely feels like it's a low priority issue to CA. There are a few tech guys that occasionally respond on the official forum, but it's mostly to ask for more DxDiag files and encourage the users to email them with "additional info". One poster went through everyone's posts and seems to have isolated the issue.
There appears to be a strong possibility that Radeon 7XXX series cards can only run the post FOTS release of Shogun 2 on PCs with a CPU using socket 1155 config. Those with 1156, 1366, or 2011 can't get it to run in DX11. The poster emailed CA with these findings and all they did was forward it on to ATI. Obviously it's a problem with the FOTS code as the game ran on all socket configs prior to the FOTS release.
Wow.
Great testing there CA. ::)
I'll probably cave-in too. Not really in a Shogun mood right now.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on July 28, 2012, 02:38:48 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 27, 2012, 06:46:20 PM
^LOL!
Sometimes I think Meadbelly channels the ghost of Hunter S Thompson's odd wit while filtering out the matching inherent meanness.
But with or without the heavy use of drugs? ;D
Without. (Heavy Drugs or Ding Dongs.)
If I have a literary channel that involves wit, it's far more connected to the likes of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams.
Perhaps interesting-to-me-only, I believe that I have done so much business writing that requires me to write in someone else's voice that I am rather susceptible to channeling. I have to be very, very careful what I'm reading when I'm writing, especially in the early stages of my work. The tone and voice of works I admire can quickly invade my personal projects. This is why I tend to read "light" when I'm writing "dark" and vice versa.
Quote from: Nefaro on July 28, 2012, 04:26:17 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on July 27, 2012, 11:04:16 AM
I thought they were some kind of elite Ding-Dong Samurai.
Do they squish between your fingers quite easily, too?
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa1%2FDing_dongs.jpg%2F220px-Ding_dongs.jpg&hash=65db53dea1991d055b603c566bf88476ca6fdb41)
Having never Ding Donged, I'm not entirely sure. But I'd guess the Ding Dong Samurai, elite or otherwise, do share the queasy internal consistency of whatever Hostess puts in the middle of their stuff.
I bet they'd be good deep fried.
What isn't?
Broccoli.
I have actually had deep fried broccoli and it is similar to fried pickles. Take that.
I concede the point to your superior argument and appetite.
Don't get me wrong. Fried broccoli is one thing...fried pickles...entirely another.
Quote from: Gusington on July 29, 2012, 06:29:47 PM
Don't get me wrong. Fried broccoli is one thing...fried pickles...entirely another.
??? I guess I don't get out enough...
Latest patch screwed my graphics again! >:(
Sorry to hear that Shelldrake. You have my utmost sympathy.
Sheesh. And just when I'm on the very edge of purchasing the game too...
Quote from: Gusington on July 28, 2012, 10:42:59 PM
I have actually had deep fried broccoli and it is similar to fried pickles. Take that.
You're starting to sound suspiciously southern.
The wife and I ate out the other night and for dessert had fried twinkies. They were gooood. I believe the secret is to fry them frozen but the place wasn't too big on giving out details of their methods.
^Now that sounds awesome.
It was actually The Wife who saw the fried pickles on the menu of a brewery we were at in PA last week...I missed them while drooling into my beer.
I have southern tendencies when it comes to deep-frying. Although still very much a Yankee jew, I will deep fry my yarmulke given the first opportunity.
If it's deep fried, I'll help you eat it. Kosher of course.
A deep fried yarmulke with a bacon slice on top would be awesome. Not kosher. But awesome.
Quote from: Nefaro on July 28, 2012, 12:28:30 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 28, 2012, 10:43:37 AM
Yeah. Definitely feels like it's a low priority issue to CA. There are a few tech guys that occasionally respond on the official forum, but it's mostly to ask for more DxDiag files and encourage the users to email them with "additional info". One poster went through everyone's posts and seems to have isolated the issue.
There appears to be a strong possibility that Radeon 7XXX series cards can only run the post FOTS release of Shogun 2 on PCs with a CPU using socket 1155 config. Those with 1156, 1366, or 2011 can't get it to run in DX11. The poster emailed CA with these findings and all they did was forward it on to ATI. Obviously it's a problem with the FOTS code as the game ran on all socket configs prior to the FOTS release.
Wow.
Great testing there CA. ::)
Don't worry. According to some CA flunky on the official forums, while they simply can't roll back to a version where the game, you know, actually ran on AMD HD 7XXX cards, they are "actively looking into" the problem. What what I can gather, "actively looking into" means reading the thread in the tech support forum once every two or three days to see if a customer has come up with a solution and, if so, clicking the FWD button to send it on to AMD.
Twats.
^You're angry. I can smell it.
Well, now that the weather's been heating up and getting humid round these parts, all the trapped fart gasses (why isn't fart lighting an Olympic event?) and ball sweat that was trapped in my office chair has been....wafting. I washed the chair a few days ago but didn't dry it quickly enough so now things smell like mouldy fart gasses.
Maybe that's what you're smelling? (that and my urge to stabinate.)
The chair I'm in is 12+ years old but doesn't smell. How did that happen?
Deep-fry it. It'll smell better then.
Quote from: Shelldrake on July 30, 2012, 06:50:53 AM
Latest patch screwed my graphics again! >:(
Verifying cache integrity seems to fix the problem, at least temporarily.
Is now the time to ask the question:
Does the ease of pushing out new patches via Steam encourage developers to test less (and make their customers do so even more) when they can just upload fixes whenever they feel like it? Instead of making a big deal out of patch releases, publisher consent, packaging, and monetary/contractual considerations involved with a non-Steam update release that tends to make them test those more?
Latest NVIDIA beta drivers supposed to increase performance in Shogun 2. Results will vary depending on your card.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx
Under recommended/beta select beta.